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lPATENTBD JLY 17, 1906. W. F. E M. H. DURYEA.

PEN RACK. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 23. 1905.

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UNITED STATES PATENT oEEIoE.

WILLIAM F. DURYEA AND MOSES H. DURYEA, OF HACKENSACK, y NEW JERSEY.

PEN-RACK.

Patented July 17, 1906.

AppliGatOll filed September 23,1905. Serial No. 279.830.

To a/ZZ whom, it ncl/Ly concern:

Be it known that we, WILLIAM F. DURYEA and MosEs H. DUEYEA, citizens of the United States, residing at Hackensack, in the county of Bergen and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Pen-Racks, of which the following is a specification.

` Our invention relates to racks for holding tion applied to the pigeonholes thereof.

penholders, pencils, and other like articles, and more particularly to a rack which is adapted to be attached to the` pigeonholepartitions usually arranged above a desk.

The object of our invention is to provide a very simple form of rack which shall hold the penholders or pencils above the topy of the desk in a space which is ordinarily unoccupied, which will accommodate and hold any size of penholder or pencil, which is readily attachable or detachable to or from the desk, and which is attractive and neat in its general appearance or design. Tov this end our invention consists in the general construction of pen-racks and details hereinafter described, and more definitely stated in the claims. f in the drawings, Figure 1 is a front view of the upper part of. a desk, showing our ingen- 1 2 is a front elevation of the rack itself, abot full size. Fig. 3 is a cross-section on line Fig. 2.

Like numerals designate like parts in the several figures.

Our improved rack consists of an open frame having stretched across it at regular distances apart a number of flexible resilient cords between which the penholder or pencil is to be inserted. Tn the drawings, 2 indicates such a frame, preferablyin the form of a long rectangle, the space inclosed by the frame being divided into two parts by a central web 2. This frame and the central solid portion or web may be made in as many parts as desired or of one piece of wood, metal, or composition. The main function of the centralweb is to provide a bearing for the shaft 4 of a clamp; but it might be dispensed with if another form of clamp were used.

The upper and lower edges of the frame 2 are longitudinally grooved, as at 2 Fig. 3, to carry and protect that portion of the elastic cord 3 which projects above and below the frame. The elastic cord is threaded through holes extending from the grooves 2" into the inclosed space of the frame. The divisions of the pen-rack might be made by using short lengths of elastic cord, each stretched vertically between the upper and lower bars of the frame; but we prefer as more practical to make the divisions by the use of a continuous length of cord fastened at one end, as at 3 in any suitable manner, carried along the groove 2 of one bar, passed upwardly through the bar and across the opening ofthe rack to and through the other bar, then along the groove 2 for a short distance, approximately slightly shorter than the diameter of a penholder, to be again threaded downward y through the upper bar to and through the lower. This back and forth threading of the cord 3 is continued along the whole length of the rack, the end of the cord being made fast to the rack in any convenient way.

While wemay use a cord made of any elastic material and of any construction, we preferably use as best adaptedr to the purpose a cord composed of fine coiled wire--such as used for certainvpiano-strings. This is resilient, does not corrode or decay, as woul rubber, it is very flexible while retaining its elasticity, and so may be easily threaded through the holes of the frame, yields readily to the insertion of a penholder, and the slight expansion of the coils acts to give a firmer grip upon the holder. It is superior to ordinary wire in that it is much more elastic and yielding and being flexible conforms to the shape of any pen or pencil, and yet does not weaken as cord would.

In order to attach the rack to a desk, we provide it with a clamp which is adapted to grip one of the horizontal partitions of a desk in the position shown in Fig. 1. The clamp which we consider best adapted to the purose consists of a vertical rod 4, passing through the central web 2 in front of theI grooves 2". This rod is bent rearwardly, as at 4', and is screw-threaded at its lower end and carries a finger-nut 4". Tn putting this rack in place the partition of the desk is inserted between the bend 4 and the adjacent face of the upper bar of the frame. The finger-nut is then turned until the rack is firmly clamped in place. Tt will be noticed that we show the upper face of the upper portion of the frame as cut down at the rear behind the IOO tween thendtuidi a elamp on theupper edge of the-frame adapted to engage with a horizontal lartitio'n above the desk-table, :sub- Vstantia ly as described. 4

4. A penerack comprising' an inclo'sing 7o frame and flexible cords of coiled wire Ystretched across the opening of said frame adjacent to each other and capable of holdin a pen or pencil between them, substantiallyas described. 75

'5. A pen-rack comprising an inclosing- Y groove 2". This is done so that the projecting front ortion 2 may form a stop totake against't ve 'lont edge of thepartition and prevent it turnin about the clamp-bar leas a center. Any ot' er form of stop may be used, however, or it may be omitted altogether, if desired.

vOne ofthe objections to all racks at present known to us yis that they rest upon' the top of Io the desk in a position where4 the penh'olders and pencils are most liable to -get lknocked oil", misplaced, and distributed over 'thede'sk Such racks also take up moreroom and -are likely to get coveredwith'papers. Apen I 5 wetwith ink and laid 'down on sucha rack' is likely,- too, to come' in Contact with thepapers von thedesk and to soil them. yThese disadvantages are obviated byv our device. It' is 'located' above the'tabletop'of thede'sk, 6. A pen-rack comprising Va 'longitudinal 2D and it'holdsthe` pensand pencils in afspa'ce frame formed Jof vupper-arid lower 'barsinclo's- 8 5 heretofore unused. It may ybe'lmade' any ling a "central opening, said f bars 'having size to accommodate any number of implegrooves' alongf the outsi'de'edgesf thereofyan ments `and yet not obstruct' the desk. The elasticcord threaded backward and forward pens and pencilssupported therein are not through the said upper'and 4lower barsand likely toget knocked ofllor to come into cnacross the opening inclo's'e'd "bylthe'frame, 9o tactwi-th anyl'paper's. The pensmay 'be saidy cord being carried in thegrooves reeasily inserted andwithdra-wn, and theyare ferred to, and aclarn'p attached to the'tranie held securely. Another important point is and adaptedftoengage -with the desk-'structhat the elastic co'rdtadapts itself to the gripture, su'bstan'tiallyfas described.

3o ping of any sized penhlder or' pencil. vThis 7. A pen-rack comprising-'alongitudinal 95 is -not the case where corrugated bands of frame having 'upper and'lcwerlbarsiinclosing .metal are used. acentral opening,` said bars fbeingjv roo'ved We do not wish' to' be lim'itedto the exact details shown, 7 as there are "a number of along their outside edges,Han"elastlcflcord threaded Pb aokward' and forward-through the changes which might be; madewithout departure from our invention. rPhe shape of said bars andfacrossthe openingi'between Ioo the frame might be changedandy the number frame, having upper-and `lower'subs-tarltial parallelz longitudinal bars and endf bars,i\and fleX'i'ble cords o'coile'd wire stretchedfacross the'epeni'n'g of' said frame adjacent to'I each 8o other from lone] longitudinalv bar to' the other and capable 'off holding-alpen` 'orpencil between them, substantially;y as' described.

them, said cord being carried Ai-n thel grooves of the said bars,I a central webfor post between of clamps or their form varied. The ingerthe li'ipper and lower lbarsya screw-threaded nut need not be mounted 'on the lower end of rod' passing' vertically throughsaid' posti and 40 the rod @before the trame, but anywhere having anangula'rlyebent endfand'anut'on 105 along the said rod betweenl` the 'upper'land the'lower'endfof said rod, substantiallylasldelower; bars of the' frame or ina'rec'ess ini the scribed. 5 central web2. I8. A pen-rack, comprising a longitudinal `Having 1described our-invention, whatwe frame' inclo'lsingla central'openin an'dhaving claim is` l. `A pen-rack comprising an in'closing u per and lower bars, vertica yestretched I I0 frame having substantially parallel llongitudinal bars, and elastic cordssftretched-across e astic"cords'extending from 'one-bar tof-'the `other across said opening to=form1penholding the opening of said frame from one bar -to the 5o other adjacent 'toe'ach other-and capable of divisions', and a" clamp von said frameyadapt'ed to engage "with a'desk 'structi'1re,l substantially holding a pen or 'pencil between' them,- substantially as described.

as described. I I 5 2. A pen-rack 'comprising 7 an inclosing 9. 'A pen-rack, 'having f a series )oie vertical pen-holding supports arranged in vlinearifi'rprame having substantially parallel 'longitudinal barns,I and elastic cordsv stretched'across per longitudinal i supportingbar, 'andi a 'deskv partition clampabove' the' 'said `bar and' thusadapted to `hold thepen-#rackin azdependent 12o the openingof said lframe from one bar Ito' the other adjacent l"to each otherandcapable of holding-a penor pencilfbetween them`,'in' composition, substantiallyasidescbgd bination lwith av clamp for supporting it from Inv testimony "whereof vwe' have signed lour names `to this specification; fin the 'presen/ce of 6o a'desk structure, substantially asfde'scrib'ed.

3. A pen-rack,l comprising' a depending lontwo lsi'ib'scribin'g witnesses,` thisvv 1 8th day 4of September,` 1905. l

'WILLIAM- F DURYEA. gitudinal Vframeinclo'sing a 'central opening, MOSES DURYEA.

elasticv cords' vertically stretched across Athe yWitnesses:

opening of-said 'rameadjacent to'each other P. BEACH, and capable 'ofholding a pen Vor pencil be- O. DURYEA. 

